Bug#959920: systemctl,elogind: No more co-installable

[Mark Hindley]

Dimitry,

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 09:52:18AM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> However, that does not help in this case. elogind has to conflict with systemd
> as they include some duplicate files. I have to admit to being less convinced by
> the systemctl Provides: systemd. I understand the idea behind it, but systemd is
> much (much, much!) more than systemctl(1). Wouldn't having systemctl Conflicts:
> and Replaces: systemd be sufficient? AFAICS, that would restore the
> coinstallability with elogind and resolve #959828?

I have just found #959174 and now understand more fully your motivation for
adding Provides: systemd to systemctl. I sympathise and have come across a
number of similar (unresolved) situations -- see #935304 for example.

And the common systemd-tmpfiles/opentmpfiles interface remains unresolved in
#952897.

Best wishes

Mark